"Hey, brother-in-law, go quickly."
Zhang Jianhua exchanged a few words with his family, then ran away with the car keys.
Hearing the sound of the car leaving, Xie Li pursed her lips and snorted.
Just as she was about to say something, Ye Xiaozhen shook her head at her again and glanced at the old man who was playing with the children.
Xie Li swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth and pulled her upstairs.
After closing the door, she said in a low voice: "Do you think I don't know about his business? Humph, negotiating with foreign clients? That's all an excuse."
Xie Li said angrily, "Although I have never done business with the old man, I have dealt with him before. I know that he is not so ignorant as to choose the Spring Festival to negotiate business with us. The old man who does business is also for making money. He is very gentlemanly. Who would be so ignorant as to choose the Spring Festival to negotiate business? Don't you think so? This excuse is... humph, no one would believe it."
"Then what is he going to do? Spend the New Year with Wan Hong?"
"Who knows? I've been keeping an eye on him for half a year, and he's been very honest in the past six months. I think he just wants to paralyze me, and he's taking advantage of the holiday to hook up with that woman."
"So what are you going to do?"
"I originally thought that I could force him to come back for the New Year. If he didn't want to, I would go abroad with him to negotiate. But then I thought, there's only a thousand days to commit thieves, but how about a thousand days to prevent thieves? It's not a good idea to keep a close eye on him all the time. I might as well give him this chance and see what he does."
Ye Xiaozhen nodded, "That's fine."
The next day, Ye Xiaozhen and Xie Li went to treat their employees to a meal and gave their IDs to the two uncles to buy tickets.
They are also on vacation and are currently living in Xie Li's house. They plan to move to the new district with Xie Linan and the others after the Chinese New Year.
One of them chose a major related to computer science, and the other studied business.
Both are good. These two majors are good choices now, and they will be the best places to make money in three years.
In the evening, everyone came back and started preparing things to take back home the next day.
We already had clothes and other things back home, so we didn't need to bring anything. Grandpa wanted to bring some medicine back, the two uncles brought some books, and Hongxia brought some homework.
Ye Xiaozhen is taking care of three kids, and they have a lot of stuff.
Xie Li bought some local specialties as they would go back to their hometown to visit graves during the Chinese New Year, so they would give these specialties to their fellow villagers.
Looking at the room full of local specialties, Ye Xiaozhen was worried, "There are so many, you won't take them all on the plane, right?"
"No way, I made an appointment with the courier at the post office and paid some money to mail it back. If you give me more money, it will definitely arrive before the New Year."
At that time, the express delivery industry was not well developed and it would take at least half a month to send something.
No, it should be said that half a day is considered fast.
If you rush it, it will usually arrive in about a week.
The next day, Zhang Jianhua sent them to the airport.
At the airport, he hugged Xie Li and Hong Xia tightly and said, "Remember to come back early. It will be too lonely for me to spend the New Year here alone. I will miss you."
Xie Li rolled her eyes in anger. She could hardly hold it in any longer and wanted to expose his little misdeeds.
Unfortunately, we haven't obtained any evidence after following for half a year. Zhang Jianhua is so thick-skinned that if there is no evidence, he can make up a story and maybe even turn the tables.
Never mind, she endured it.
Hongxia didn't think too much about it, she just said: "Why don't you come back with us? It will be more lively when the whole family is together."
Zhang Jianhua choked and explained, "Dad has to go abroad to negotiate a deal and can't come back."
"Then why are you talking about spending the New Year alone? You have to go abroad to discuss business during the New Year."
Zhang Jianhua: “…”
"You are so heartless. Who is Dad working so hard to make money for? Your mother and I don't have high material desires and don't spend much money. All the money we make is for you."
"Oh, I see. It's always about money. You don't understand what I want at all."
After saying that, she pushed Zhang Jianhua away and went into the airport.
Zhang Jianhua was choked and speechless, and looked at her leaving back with helplessness on his face.
Xie Li felt relieved after hearing this. Later, she whispered to Ye Xiaozhen, "Hongxia is like this now. She always says that we don't understand her. She's a little nicer to me and sometimes she listens to me. But she's especially rude to Zhang Jianhua. If you don't know her, you'd think she's her enemy."
Ye Xiaozhen advised her to relax, saying that this is what happens during the second year of high school.
Not to mention Zhang Jianhua who brought harm to her.
Xie Linan came to pick them up at the airport. He drove his own car and asked Wang Dakun to drive another car as well, and then he took the whole family back.
Not seeing Zhang Jianhua, Xie Linan asked, "Sister, isn't your brother-in-law coming back?"
"He's not coming back. He said he's going out to negotiate."
"Are you going abroad for the New Year?"
"Isn't that so?" Xie Li looked angry.
Xie Linan didn't ask any more questions.
The next day after they came back, Xie Zhiguo and Xie Guoli left the house.
The two of them brought some fruit.
Xie Zhiguo was holding a handful of bananas. They were from an inland city and did not produce bananas, so they had to transport them here from the mainland.
In the days when transportation was underdeveloped, bananas were a precious fruit.
Xie Zhili mentioned oranges.
The orange was so pitiful that it was so sour enough to kill you.
Why do people keep saying that Hsieh Chi-kuo is a better person than Hsieh Chi-lai? Although Hsieh Chi-kuo is not a good person, he is better at preserving his reputation than Hsieh Chi-lai.
Xie Zhili stuffed oranges into the old man's mouth.
The old man evaded the question, saying, "I just had dinner, I'm not hungry, you can leave it here."
"Dad, this is fruit, it won't fill your stomach. Try it, it's not expensive."
"Oh! I really don't want to eat it now."
"Come here, I'll peel your skin."
Lin Xinghua: “…”
Xie Zhili said as he peeled the oranges: "These oranges were picked by me, Li Mei, in the countryside. Don't be fooled by their appearance, they don't look very good, but they are very sweet. Of course, the most important thing is that they are fresh. We picked them yesterday."
Lin Xinghua said nothing.
Xie Zhili peeled it and stuffed it into Lin Xinghua's pocket.
Lin Xinghua took it but didn't eat it.
Xie Zhili said unhappily, "Dad, eat. You've been away from Li's house for half a year. We couldn't see you when we wanted to, and we didn't have the chance to be filial to you. Now that you've finally come back, let me be filial to you once."
The old man was so annoyed with him that he said, "If you have something to say, just say it. Don't keep me in suspense."
Xie Zhili: “…”
"Dad, look at what you said, how can I keep you in suspense? Eat first, and then we'll talk."
The old man wanted to get rid of him as quickly as possible, so he stuffed a slice of orange into his mouth.
Sure enough, he frowned and spat out the sourness.
Xie Zhili: “…”
"Dad, what do you mean by this? You're saying that I'm useless and don't have the money to buy me apples and bananas, right?"
Lin Xinghua said: "It's so sour, but you forced me to eat it even though I said I didn't want to."
"Why is it sour? It looks quite fresh and sweet to me."
"Then you eat it yourself." Lin Xinghua stuffed the rest into his hands.
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